There are only a few maids in witch costumes waiting here. Maitreya, the owner of the shrine, has long since disappeared.

Shiraishi only found out about this when he arrived at the shrine.

Entering the side hall of the shrine, the ancient stone door in the center of the circular altar has been opened at some point.

The air in the side hall was also full of natural freshness, without the depression and dullness of the past, but Shiraishi was not happy about this.

This stone door is an important instrument for sealing the souls of monsters.

The opening of the stone door means that the soul of the demon has broken free from its restraints.

His palm touched the open stone door.

Judging from the traces, the soul of the demon broke free not long ago.

The floor and walls of the side hall have serious signs of wear and tear, and there are many cracks.

Apparently there was a battle here.

Not surprisingly, the scene should have been caused by the fight between the Maitreya witch and the demon soul.

Since the souls of Miroku Maitreya and the demon are not here, there is only one place that Shiraishi can think of that the two of them can go to.

Swamp country.

The soul and body of the monster have always been sealed separately.

The soul is guarded by Maitreya Shrine, while the body is sealed in an active volcano temple in the Kingdom of Swamp for isolation and disposal.

If the sprite wants to be resurrected in a complete form, it must obtain the physical body sealed in the volcano of the Land of Swamp in order to regain its full strength.

If the Maitreya Witch wants to stop the monster, she must go to the Swamp Country, wait for the monster to arrive, and seal it again.

After Shiraishi thought about these things, he quickly left the shrine quietly.

The order has been passed on. In fact, in order to deal with the stone statue army that will appear sooner or later, there are actually ninja troops stationed in various urban areas.

Although it is impossible to eliminate these stone statue legions, there is still no problem in preventing them from entering the town and causing damage.

The only problem is the sprites.

As long as the power of the sprites continues to spread, these stone statue legions will not stop attacking, and will continue to be produced to attack towns where humans gather.

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The sky above suddenly became gloomy.

The sky was clear one moment and covered with clouds the next.

Mighty and majestic stone soldiers emerged from the mountain road one by one, holding huge oppressive stone blades in their hands. Their eyes were red, and they took heavy steps. Every step they took caused the earth to shake.

At a glance, it looks like thousands of troops galloping.

In the distance, a kunai was shot from a distance with an explosive talisman tied to it, aiming at a stone soldier to attack.

Ding!

The kunai was bounced away by the steel-like bodies of the stone soldiers, and only sparks were produced. Then the detonating talisman burned, and the fire from the explosion instantly emerged, swallowing up several stone soldiers around it.

When the fire light dissipated, the surface of the stone soldiers could not be said to be unscathed, but they only had some holes that could not hinder movement. You can imagine how strong the bodies of these stone soldiers were.

His body is like steel and his strength is like a giant elephant.

Such stone soldiers are not just one or two, but a legion.

The formed military force would suffer heavy casualties even if the ninja army faced it head-on.

The only good thing is that these stone statue soldiers are cumbersome and have no intelligence at all. They have no ability to automatically detect enemies and can only rely on magicians to maintain their operations.

The fundamental way to deal with these stone soldiers is to find the magician who controls them behind the scenes and unlock the control.

Ayane stood on the top of the mountain, playing with a kunai in her hand, staring thoughtfully at the stone statue army below heading towards the town area of ​​Oni Country.

These stone soldiers are invulnerable to weapons, water and fire. Even detonating talismans cannot pose a fatal threat to them.

If the ninjas from the Kingdom of Oni were to engage in a head-on battle with these stone statue soldiers, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

"Ayane-sama, I brought the charm made by a nearby shrine."

A ninja from the Kingdom of Ghosts rushed here in a hurry.

He held a wooden box in his arms and placed it on the ground.

The dozen or so ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts around them all focused their attention on the wooden box.

Opening it, there were stacks of neatly cut charms placed in the wooden box.

These charms are made by shrine maidens from various shrines in the Kingdom of Demons.

Unlike explosive charms such as detonating charms, these charms can cause strong damage to puppets such as stone soldiers that are indirectly affected by monsters and sprites.

Picking up a charm, Ayane rolled it around the handle of the kunai and fired it at a stone soldier in the mountain path without hesitation.

Ayane plans to test the power of these spells herself.

This time the kunai was not bounced away by the stone soldier, but directly sank into the body of the stone soldier.

The charm wrapped around the handle of the kunai quickly burned with blue sparks, engulfing the entire body of the stone soldier.

When the blue sparks faded from the stone soldiers, only a pile of broken stones remained on the ground.

This scene surprised many ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts. They did not expect this kind of spell to be so powerful.

Even the detonating talisman cannot break through the stone statue soldiers. However, these talismans, which do not seem to have strong destructive power, can disintegrate the bodies of the stone statue soldiers from the inside, turning them into useless stones scattered on the ground.

Under the observation of Ayane's Byakugan, the internal condition of the stone soldier can be seen clearly.

The blue sparks burning on the talisman wiped away the purple and black chak from the stone soldier's body without leaving a trace.

Those purple-black chakras are the techniques used to control the stone statue soldiers.

As long as these purple-black chakras are erased, the stone soldiers will become a pile of useless stones.

Seeing the power of the talisman, Ayane nodded and told the Demon Country ninja beside her: "I'll leave this to you, I'll deal with the magician."

"It's up to us, there's no problem now."

The ninjas of the Demon Country are full of confidence.

With these talismans, the threat of the stone soldiers is greatly reduced.

At this moment, the blood-red sword light came from a distant place, fell from the sky, and fell into the narrow mountain road, causing a loud rumbling sound.

A large number of stone soldiers rolled up in the air, their bodies and the stone blades in their hands were torn apart, and the battle was almost a one-sided massacre.

Then, a fire like a vast ocean roared through the mountain road.

Most of the stone soldiers walking forward were affected, burned red by the scorching flames, and the surface of their bodies cracked and cracked.

The ground and the mountain roads on both sides left turbid black marks, braving the terrifying high temperature that bent the air.

The hundreds of stone statue soldier legions that were a thorn in the side of the Demon Country ninjas were easily eliminated.

The speed was so fast that they didn't even react.

Ayane also sighed and smiled helplessly: "It seems that you are no longer needed here. You can go elsewhere to eliminate the stone soldiers. Be careful not to damage the town, otherwise the reconstruction work will be very troublesome."

"yes."

Now that the stone soldiers here have been dealt with, there is no need for them to do it themselves.

Then, they disappeared one by one and went to other places to eliminate the stone soldiers.

Liuli didn't know when she appeared here, looking at the mountain path below, turning into a hot hell of high-temperature steamers, her eyes turned into the shape of the three Magatama Sharingan, her eyes calm and indifferent.

"It's too slow. An opponent of this caliber has to waste so much time."

Ayane turned to look at her: "I can't help it, unlike you, I'm not very good at dealing with large numbers of enemies."

This sentence is true. Her soft fist is more suitable for single-point breakthrough.

Even the soft fist divine aerial attack that destroys a large area is actually a dangerous move that kills the enemy at a single point.

It also consumes a lot of chakra and must be used with caution.

Liuli is different.

Although these stone soldiers have hard bodies and are as strong as giant elephants, they move slowly and do not know how to adapt to this. Marching through narrow mountain roads and pressing into towns is undoubtedly the best for a ninja like Ruri who has ninjutsu suitable for large-scale cleaning.

A good living target.

Even a body as hard as steel cannot withstand the blade of Susanoo, nor can it withstand the high-temperature fire escape that is fused with senjutsu chakra and can dissolve steel.

"The national border has been sealed. Next, we just need to deal with the monsters and sprites controlling these stone soldiers behind the scenes."

"The Country of Swamps? According to the news we received not long ago, Mr. Shiraishi has already taken the first step, so we have to leave as soon as possible."

These stone soldiers were not difficult opponents for a ninja of her strength, but at most they were a bit troublesome to fight against.

The real key lies in the monster sprites. If the sprites cannot be sealed, no matter how many stone soldiers are eliminated, it will not help.

The country of Numa is located between the country of ghosts and the country of ghosts. It is a small country that occupies an extremely small area on the map of the ninja world.

The physical body of the monster sprite is sealed in a volcano temple in the Kingdom of Swamp.
To be continued...